Gaston descamps



-' Havana, Cuba,

ilmrnn STATES PAT NT Orrrcn;

GASTON DESCAMPS, on HAVANA, CUBA.

Pa-iosPHoe'loAcro WITH AN ABSORBENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Application filed May 22, 1894- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GAs'roN D'EseAMPs, of West Indies, have invented a new and useful lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

'. The object of the inVention'istoprovide a new andimprovedarticle of manufacture;

namely, phosphoric acid in dry form, and designed for "use in the manufacture of sugar and in other industries, and capable of convenient transportation without deterioration, from place to place preparatory to using it.

The invention will be first described and then specifically claimed.

A to employ dry saw In order to prepare the compound I prefer dust, cane bagasse, or other dry cellulose vegetable material, and capable of absorbing a phosphoric acid solution. The

absorbing substance 18 preferably charged with a certain amount of pure phosphoric acid solution, and then dried, and then evenly charged with the pure phosphoric solution Gompound, of which the'fol- Yatent No. 527,670, dated October16,1'894.

Serial No. 512,113. (No specimens.)

of phosphoric acid in the absorbing material; which-operation can of acid, it being understood that. phosphoric acid can be safely heated to about 1,290 Fahrenheit of temperature without loss.

A compound prepared iii-this mariner can be readily transported from. place to place, easilyhandled, and'used'ins'ngar houses for the discoloration of vjuices or for other purposes,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent--.

As a new artiole'bf manufacture, a'vegetable cellulose such as saw dust or cane bagas'se dried and charged with phosphoric acid, substantially as described.

' GASTON DESCAMPS.

Witnesses: JOSEPH A. SPRINGER, J ORGE D. ALBERTINI.

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